Lexical Summary epanorthōsis: correction Original Word: ἐπανόρθωσιςTransliteration: epanorthōsis Phonetic Spelling: (ep-an-or'-tho-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: correction Meaning: correction Strong's Concordance correction. From a compound of epi and anorthoo; a straightening up again, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (reformation) -- correction. see GREEK epi see GREEK anorthoo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1882: ἐπανόρθωσιςἐπανόρθωσις, ἐπανορθωσεως, ἡ (ἐπανορθόω), restoration to an upright or a right state; correction, improvement (in Greek writings from Demosthenes down): of life and character, 2 Timothy 3:16 (cf. τόν Θεόν ... χρόνον γέ πρός ἐπανόρθωσιν (αὐτοῖς) προσιζάνειν, Plutarch, de sera num. vind. 6); with τοῦ βίου added, Polybius 1, 35, 1; Epictetus diss. 3, 21, 15; σεαυτοῦ, id. ench. 51, 1; (ἠθικη δέ τά πρός ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπανόρθωσιν ἠθῶν, Philo de ebriet. § 22; cf. de confus. lingg. § 36 at the end); (cf. ἐπανορθουν καί εἰς μετάνοιαν ἀπάγειν, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 10). |
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